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Do you really have “high expectations” though? I don’t see it. I see a good team that is not good enough to beat the best teams in a long series.
This is exactly correct. The BeLeafers have high expectations because we have Matthews. But their high expectations are unjustified.
Easton Cowan on the 1st line at practice yesterday. Getting a whiff of desperation from the Leafs two games in.
I’m kind of emotionally checked out. This team should have changed tack years ago.
The ship has sailed on this core group imo.
I have little faith in this team’s ability to beat Florida, or even Tampa Bay, in the playoffs and make a deep run.
The regular season is a giant pile of meh because we all know, barring disaster, they will make the playoffs.
This core will be blown up within 3 years and the next rebuild will begin. Cowan will be like our Kadri from the last rebuild.
Too early in the year to make determinations. Talk to me on U.S. Thanksgiving and I’ll have a better idea on what and where this team is going.
It’s only been two games but the fatal flaws are easy to see with this team already.
They will be a playoff team unless disaster strikes but they don’t look anywhere near good enough to beat Florida or go deep in the playoffs.
Without Woll, Stolarz is exposed having never played more than 34 games. The PP is horrid. They don’t control most of the play. And they aren’t nearly intimidating enough for team that was supposed to be bigger, stronger, tougher and meaner.
They don’t have a #1 D they can rely on to shut down top players or take over a game offensively like a Makar either. The D is long in the tooth and not enough true RHD.
Injuries are already piling up, putting players out of position and scrambling to find replacements.
Matthews looks like he lost his best friend.
You and whatever army of alts you use are not the problem with this board. That honor goes to the MAGA piece of you know what that has to spew his idiocy around here every day.
Nice to know. 🤨
Thanks for putting me ahead of the fascists.
Pretty sure this site is run by one.
Keep your Marxism to yourself.
Macelli no bueno.
Idk, not feeling it this year at all. 🤷♂️
He sucks. Another Kerfoot.
Once again UG I’ll go with what the team says not you as truth and they say he stepped down.
Once again, you’re naïve. The organization doesn’t give a flying fuck about telling you the truth. They’re in the PR business which means lying to gullible fans who believe anything they are told. Like you. If Tavares was a successful captain, they would have never dreamed of having him “step down”. If the Leafs had playoff success, he would still be captain today. But they didn’t. So they needed to create a fake narrative of “change” without actually trading anybody or holding anybody accountable. They stripped him of the C no matter what kind of bullshit story you want to give yourself. The entire pageantry of having him pass the C to Matthews was just another pajama boy story they could sell.
As for Rielly your hatred is being based from one super bad season so drop it please.
0 for 2. Rielly has sucked the bag defensively since his first season. The only thing that has made his defensive nightmare tolerable has been his offensive game. Unfortunately for us, his offensive game has fallen off a cliff since his 65-70 point, big contract season. Year after year of 40-50 point seasons for 7.5 AAV and horrid defense is not “just one bad year”. He had puck luck in the playoffs against Ottawa but against Florida he was exposed as a total failure of a top pair D, having been on the ice for most goals against other than Tavares.
And I’ll say this one last time. Berube adjusted his coaching because Marner was on the team but Marner is NOT one of his types of players. Unless you’re fast as hell you better be physical as hell to play under Berube’s PREFERRED type of game. Of course Berube used Marner last year, what coach wouldn’t? But they weren’t going to fork out what they would have to pay him to give him a $7.5 mill take home.
Wrong again. Berube did not adjust anything for Marner. Marner was given the most ice time among forwards because he was defensively trusted. So much so, he was out against Florida’s top line the entire playoff series. Even helped contribute to 3 GWGs. He killed penalties. He was on the top PP. He was on the top line. He had as many hits as Knies and way more than Tavares or Nylander. Your theory makes zero sense because Nylander is still on the team and he’s the opposite of what Berube wants or likes from his players.
Now stop your obsession, he’s no longer a leaf UG, not will he ever be again, the end. The people running this team now want bigger and tougher types. If you don’t like it boo hoo but stop whining about it, you literally coming across like a whiny ass childish Marner.
He’s no longer a Leaf because this organization is run and supported by retards. They got bigger players and the team still got worse.
I won’t lie about this, I’m a long time musician, a bassist tbh, and I’ve come across singers and lead guitarists in other bands who’ve acted like Marner many many many times in my life. Most musicians hate them, the bars hate them, the sound guys hate them, etc. More than a few times I’ve punched those dipshits in the back of the head backstage and told them unless they wanted to hit the stage with a black eye to shut the fuck up and trust me, I’m not the only musician that has done shit like that. Get rid of dipshits like that, I don’t care how talented they are, they sour things, badly. 1 selfish jackass can make a couple dozen people who normally have a great time pissed right off and annoyed and that’s Marner in hockey. So I’m glad that little whiny ass bitch is fine, REALLY happy, cause I can tell what he is, it’s called a DOUCHE.
Sorry but being a dive bar bassist playing for beer has nothing to do with playing NHL hockey. Marner made everybody around him better, including Matthews, the PP etc. You buy this bullshit narrative because you’re coping that your team got worse and will continue to get worse until they’re in a full blown lottery rebuild in a couple years. You might feel proud of yourself that you sucker punched some guy in the back of the head but it makes you exactly what you’re accusing others of being; a total douche.
A leader of what? Stripped of the C and constant playoff failure. Less career playoff points than any other core player and giant defensive liability.
Stop it UG, he wasn’t stripped he gave it up. And what do you think his $4 mill gets the leafs instead?
He was stripped of the captaincy. Spin it however you want but if they actually had playoff success, he’d still be the captain. They made that switch because they kept losing year after year and instead of trading somebody, they had to try and generate some feeling of “change”. And it didn’t work because the results are basically the same. Just like this team turned to career losers like Spezza, Marleau and Thornton in the past, they continue to do it with Tavares.
The “value” of 4 million for regular season stats and playoff disappearing act doesn’t help this team achieve it’s goal of a Stanley Cup. The illusion of value doesn’t help this team when it matters the most. It’s not like the type of value McDavid brings to his team for a discount. It’s just another over the hill, over rated, under performing Toronto boy riding out the rest of his career as a loser on the team he grew up cheering for. He’s a great person, of that I have no doubt, but he’s not a winner and he hurts the team in the playoffs more than he helps them. He’s a passenger.
That 4 million, plus the money wasted on Rielly, should have gone towards retaining Marner and making this team more suited for the playoffs. Tavares is not good for the playoffs. End of discussion.
Wait, so paying Tavares $4M to do fuck all in the playoffs is a huge failure.
But you wanted to pay Marner $13M to do fuck all in the playoffs?!?!?
He only hit the post and got 2 assists last night. His stick and intelligence still work just fine, he’s a vet and doesn’t skate the same as he once did and people are supposed to be surprised by this? A $4 mill 2nd line C who is damn near a PPG guy who still is a true leader for a team is a steal, like him or not.
A leader of what? Stripped of the C and constant playoff failure. Less career playoff points than any other core player and giant defensive liability.
4 million to do fuck all in the playoffs like he did vs. Florida and be a giant defensive liability.
Wait, so paying Tavares $4M to do fuck all in the playoffs is a huge failure.
But you wanted to pay Marner $13M to do fuck all in the playoffs?!?!?
Marner was part of 3 GWG vs. Florida.
Marner was also not on the ice for as many goals against as Tavares so not only was Tavares shit offensively, his defense cost them dearly, moreso than any other forward. Nor did Tavares kill penalties or shutdown the top line.
Check your ass because your head is stuck up there.
As you guys know, I declared I have jumped ship (I used one of my 7 alts). That said, I have also relentlessly made fun of everyone for coming here and jumping ship from the buzz. I used terms like cowards, traitors and a host of other immature terms. I vehemently stated that I would no longer be a leafs fan without Marner, and I will be a man of my word.
However, should I come back at this point, it is for one purpose: I want to troll and piss off people, with the hopes they stop posting all together. Come to think of it, I most likely will be doing this…I do love being the hockeybuzz was destroyed and am proud of the work I’m doing on this one.
So, I will see you all later. Lmao
The HHS version of Antifa!!! 🙂
Since you bring it up, he’s definitely a Marxist.
The Leafs PP is going to be a big, big problem this season. And having Stolarz without Woll could prove to be a big problem. Stolarz with a career high of 34 starts is going to require the Leafs have some serious trouble in net.
ha you had to go remove a bunch of goals so you didnt look too positive. what a loser lol
You made a good point. I’m always reconsidering and refining the numbers. It’s not about being “too positive” and more about being as realistic and accurate as possible.
Make your own predictions instead about bitching about mine.
Let me guess for you. 350 goals for, 100 against, 82-0, 16 straight playoff wins, 5 straight Cups.
FYI, still a pooptonne of tickets available for tonight’s game.
Still no bargains, but start checking around 3 pm.
I’m sure a lot of people will refinance their home to afford it closer to puck drop.
Jesus, have I been Uggie the whole time?!?!?
Obviously.
